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Cholmsky, Paul (2001) Using modular architectures within distributed learning environments : a means for improving the efficiency of instructional design & development processes. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
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In addition to reducing costs associated with system development, modular architectures provide large-scale distributed learning environments with the flexibility required to meet the diverse needs of a global audience. Comprehensive standards for implementing such architectures are now being developed by several organizations. In order to take full advantage of these standards, instructional content design and development processes may need to be modified. The first part of the thesis investigates the foundations of computer-based learning environments, and the historical development of instructional design methodologies in this domain. Specific emphasis is placed on the human factors involved in formalizing a design process, and how the concept of systematicity in design may evolve in the context of complex learning systems. Modular architectures are presented as a technique for ameliorating the complexity of design in this domain. The second part of the thesis examines and critiques a recently-proposed standardized data model for distributed assessment systems. The concept of a distributed computer-based assessment system is first briefly defined. This is followed by an identification of the drivers underlying the need for a standardized data model, and a discussion of what constitutes a suitable methodology for evaluating such a standard in advance of its field implementation. After outlining the structural and functional aspects of the candidate standard, the IMS Question & Test Interoperability Information Model (Smythe & Shephed, 2000), the merits and failings of the standard are discussed, and a set of recommendations for the evolution of the standard is made.
Divisions: | Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Education |
Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
Authors: | Cholmsky, Paul |
Pagination: | viii, 143 leaves ; 29 cm. |
Institution: | Concordia University |
Degree Name: | Theses (M.A.) |
Program: | Education |
Date: | 2001 |
Thesis Supervisor(s): | Abrami, Philip C. |
ID Code: | 1388 |
Deposited By: | Concordia University Libraries |
Deposited On: | 27 Aug 2009 13:18 |
Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2010 10:20 |
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SO/CO, downtown, Barton Springs, old South Austin
Bedrooms: | 2 |
Bathrooms: | 1 |
Sleeps: | 4 |
Type: | Home |
Per night: | $155 |
Per week: | $930 |
Pets allowed: | No |
Internet: | Yes |
Live music venues, events, eateries, shopping, etc within walking or biking distances. (Bikes are complimentary.) Please request in advance.
Monthly (House ava. through May 20,2015) $1800 month
Also available on the back property is a quiet, private fully furnished 1 bedroom Guest Apt. totally private with parking, all utilities and WiFi paid
A queen bed in the bedroom and a day bed in the living area Full kitchen Sleeps 2-3 infor upon request. $1300 monthly all bills paid
Bus line 1 block 10 minutes direct to downtown
Downtown 1.5 miles
U.T. 4-5 miles
Zilker Park and Beautiful Barton Springs 6 minutes
Airport 20 minutes (ABIA)
Canoe rentals at Zilker. New Alamo Drathouse 5 minutes away on S. Lamar
A children's park with splash pad 1 block away. Stacy Pool is also located near by. Spring Fed open all year.
Public Library 1.5 blocks
Close to all the action but quiet
Public Transportation on the corner a block away $1.25
Please leave your phone number and brief profile information and I'll get back to you asap. Thanks.
About the owner
Owner Profile
Retired -
Easy going, responsive to tenant's needs. Enjoy meeting new people, love to travel (especially Europe), bike, hike, camp, swim at beautiful Barton Springs and Lake Travis (Windy Point), We love and play music and enjoy the many activities Austin and the beautiful Hill Country have to offer. ... - View full profile
Availability Calendar
Begins | Ends | Week Night |
Weekend Night |
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Mar 15 2015 | Aug 31 2015 | $155 | $155 | $930 | $1,800 | 1 Month |
Check In: 2 p.m. Check Out: 2 p.m. | ||||||
Deposits: $150 - $200.00 refundable security/cleaning plus a portion of the rental amount total payable via Pay Pal. | ||||||
Payment Options: PayPal | ||||||
Other Fees: I will accept refundable deposit via Pay Pal and partial amount of rental. You will be confirmed after I receive your refundable deposit. YOUR deposit will not be returned if you cancel. The amount of $125.00 will be deducted from the deposit if the house isn't clean upon departure. I will accept the actual rental amount via Pay Pal a month before the reservation date and the remainder in Cash on the first day of your arrival. |
- 1 Double Bed
- 2 Twin Beds
- Air Conditioning
- Full Kitchen
- High Speed Internet
- Linens Provided
- Bikes
- Hardwood Floors
- Lanai
- Porch
- Cook
- Heating
- Alarm Clock
- Coffee Maker
- Microwave
- TV (Antenna)
- Blender
- DVD Player
- Oven
- Toaster
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- Hair Dryer
- Radio
- Ceiling Fan
- Ice Maker
- Refrigerator (Full)
- Washer/Dryer
- Charcoal Grill
- Iron
- Stove
- Bicycling
(onsite) - Shopping Area
(1 mile) - Movie Theater
(3 miles) - Parasailing
(20 miles) - Hiking
(onsite) - Tennis
(1 mile) - Aquarium
(5 miles) - Sailing
(20 miles) - Lake
(<1 mile) - Canoeing
(2 miles) - Water Skiing
(5 miles) - Scuba Diving
(20 miles) - Park
(<1 mile) - Children's Pool
(2 miles) - Bowling
(6 miles) - Snorkeling
(20 miles) - Playground
(<1 mile) - Gym/Fitness Center
(2 miles) - Ice Skating
(8 miles) - Windsurfing
(20 miles) - Restaurant
(<1 mile) - Kayaking
(2 miles) - Zoo
(10 miles) - Horseback Riding
(22 miles) - Grocery Store
(1 mile) - Pool
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(20 miles) - Water Park
(24 miles) - Live Entertainment
(1 mile) - Volleyball Court
(2 miles) - Fishing
(20 miles) - Winery
(25 miles) - Miniature Golf
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Just 30 - 40 minutes away you will also find beautiful hill country parks such as
Reimers Ranch (hiking, swimming, biking,rock climbing) Pedernales River ( camping, swimming, biking, hiking, birding)
Hamilton Pool (hiking and swimming in spring fed water)
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Pace Bend Park camping, boating, swimming, biking and hiking
Travis County Parks are free for Seniors
You won't have any trouble finding good food within walking or biking distance and good live music!
Childrens Splash a block away and a public library a block away
Cool off at beautiful Barton Springs day and night.
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Reviews for this vacation home rental in Austin, Texas
Shelly Trent
New Zealand
A perfect place to stay
September 8, 2014
We arrived in the September heat of Austin... but when we opened the door of the condo, a refreshing cool welcomed us. The place was perfectly cleaned... we felt right at home instantly. The kitchen was well equipped and the furnishings very comfortable.
Blake Shea Hodges
Rockwall, Texas
Austin weekend
May 9, 2014
We stayed here and loved it. The house was clean and quite. Has a cool little patio and lots of trees. All the houses in that area are all very unique and cool! Peggy is very nice and easy to work with. When we come to Austin again I will contact her to stay here again.
San Francisco, Ca
Cozy Stay in the Heart of Austin
March 20, 2014
I experienced a wonderful one month stay here and would recommend it to anyone who is looking for the cabin/cottage feel in what is in my opinion the best part of Austin. Close to soco and downtown, you can walk or bike with ease or kick back in the awesome patio on your downtime. Amenities are by no means five star but the beds and couch are comfy the kitchen useful, and there is even a washer and dryer which came in handy for me. Owners Peggy and her husband are salt of the earth, responsive, and respectful of property. I wouldn't hesitate to rent again.
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Easy going, responsive to tenant's needs. Enjoy meeting new people, love to travel (especially Europe), bike, hike, camp, swim at beautiful Barton Springs and Lake Travis (Windy Point), We love and play music and enjoy the many activities Austin and the beautiful Hill Country have to offer. ... - View full profile


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So what are the characteristics of a "Brand TLD"?
Please note that by "Brand TLD", I do not mean gTLDs applied for by brands. I mean TLDs whose registrants tend to use them as their primary site and identity. They have either created themselves as, or have become a brand in the eyes of their registrants. These TLDs tend to be in the minority.
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Brand TLDs also tend to be the first choice of new registrants; they place a higher value on domain names in a Brand TLD than the same name in a Navigational Aid TLD. As a result, the demand for domain names in Brand TLDs is highly price inelastic. Increases in price will not see a corresponding drop in sales.
When and if the registrant is forced to prioritize, he will drop other domain names in his portfolio, before he even considers dropping his primary one. The pain to change the email address and primary website, is too high of a price to pay.
On the registrar side, the situation is very different. The registrars treat the Brand TLDs as the "must have" set of TLDs on offer, because if they do not, their customers will go elsewhere.
The registries operating Brand TLDs either employ "pull" marketing, and market directly to the target registrants. The channel then simply reacts to the market demand by offering the TLD. These registries treat the registrant as the ultimate customer, and the focus of the marketing efforts; they treat the registrar channel, as a channel, but not the ultimate customer. The registrars in turn, do not face the added cost and burden of actively marketing to the target registrants; the demand is present.
If the Brand TLD provides price discounts, they may find upon closer examination that many of registrars pass none or part of the discount to the registrant as a means to bolster their margin. The retail price is then relatively stable.
These registries may also find that dedicated sales resources for the registrar channel are in fact low ROI investments. Their dollars are better spent on marketing directly to the target registrants or on better customer/tech support. Why? The channel is already incented to sell the domains in the Brand TLD.
Brand TLDs may or may not have a few registrars who sell the bulk of their domains, but they can be assured that these registrars can ill afford to drop their TLD as one of their main offerings. As a result, the Brand TLD's revenue stream is less volatile and far more predictable.
So which TLDs exhibit more of characteristics of a brand TLD? A good barometer is to look at the secondary market: given the same name in two separate TLDs, which one will fetch a higher price? Which TLD has consistently fetched a higher price than others?
.Com is arguably a Brand TLD. Netsol and then Verisign did not create the "dotcom" brand, certainly not in the early days. But the first mover advantage and lack of choice, created the brand for them, so much so in fact that it became part of our jargon. Remember "dotcom" boom and then the "dotcom" bust?
Many TLDs have been launched on the hopes of displacing .com, but have not succeeded in switching their registrants. The barrier to switch is simply too high for those registrants whose primary site is .com and who use a .com address for their email. Many ccTLDs have successfully established themselves as a Brand TLD within their market. A simple test is to look at the top trafficked websites within that country and estimate what percentage use the ccTLD as their primary address.
However, the majority of the existing gTLDs today are replete with domain names that are simply pointers to other sites. They face the most risk in the next few years.
We expect as many as 1000 gTLDs to enter the market. The balance of power between the registries and registrars will shift. You will see new registrars emerge who will focus on a niche vertical or community, and offer specific services to meet the needs of that market. We call them Vertical Registrars. They are most likely to adopt the Brand gTLDs that best appeals to their core market.
Today, the biggest registrars like GoDadddy have a "Wal-Mart" approach, serving a wide variety of registrants from individuals to businesses, but no specialized services for a given industry vertical. With new gTLDs you will see that change.
There will be highly profitable Vertical Registrars, who intimately know the niche market they are serving. Of the 1000 expected new gTLDs, many will also have a new and inventive value proposition coupled with a very defined addressable market, and the means to reach them. Many of the previously gTLD launched did not have any of these and hence became Navigational Aid TLDs.
The influx of so much supply and choice in a previously restricted market will create competition, and render domain names a commodity, if they are not already one.
So, why wouldn't all TLDs eventually have the characteristics of a Navigational Aid TLD, if domain names are or become a commodity? If you stood in line or pre-ordered the latest iPhone, you will understand. There is no lack of new smartphones with similar features, some with far lower price tags. Yet Apple is a brand, and its customers demand the iPhone and are willing to pay the premium price.
The new gTLDs most primed for success are the ones who will build a brand with their target market, and treat them as the ultimate customer. The existing gTLDs are best advised to determine if they exhibit the characteristics of a Navigational Aid TLD, and if so either make major changes in their approach while there is still time, or face an uncertain revenue stream in the future.
By Alexa Raad, CEO of Architelos. Architelos provides consulting and managed services for clients applying for new top-level domains, ranging from new TLD application support to launch and turnkey front-end management of a new TLD. She can be reached directly at email@example.com.
Related topics: Domain Names, Registry Services, ICANN, Top-Level Domains
This entire item is speculative nonsense. I won't argue about the utility of brand recognition. This entire argument is really about selling potential customers on the questionable value of right-of-the-dot TLDs. There is no difference to a computer , or an end user, none whatsoever, between tools.sears and sears.tools.com where the latter (tools) is a generic SLD that can accommodate all brand names that manufacture "tools". To the contrary, about 300 or so generic dot-com domains can probably accommodate most the world's really, really, really important brands, while about 1000 generic SLDs covers almost the entire universe of generally recognized brand names. Check out Ad Age's annual listing of 1000 world famous brands. If anyone wants to challenge this, please send a comment and an email address and I will demonstrate a fully qualified network of generics that does exactly the same thing as the argument in this item - for about, say, the cost of an annual dot-com SLD, or about $10.00 a year (or less) per domain name. At any rate, the real argument here is about the unproven valorization of gTLD brand name level one names. The author of the item does not have a scintilla of evidence that anything represented by brand name TLD arguments is in fact the case. And to whom do we owe all this in the first place? Out friends at ICANN, of course, rushing like lemmings to the sea into a miasma of crazy domain name speculation and related profits for ICANN and companies represented by the author of the above-mentioned drivel.
I agree with the point of this article. Although we need a different label for it, since .brand is already accepted to have another meaning. I would use .Community if that didn't already mean something else too.
There does exist evidence that end-users will adopt new TLD's for branding purposes from the past batches of new TLD's. But it takes far longer and greater investment than most expect or budget for.
There are many examples of this in some of the new gTLD's, including:
- .aero
- .coop
- .travel
Many of the new TLD's targeting special-interest groups will follow the same trajectory as the sTLD's. If you need some specific examples, then do a google search for "site:.coop" or whatever extension you want to check.
Unfortunately, these namespaces are still small. The reasons include:
- Inertia of existing addresses. The target customers who already have an existing address have a lot invested in promoting their address. The switch can take years.
- Technical compatibility. Users of new TLD's, particularly, email address, still encounter websites that do not accept their extension. ICANN needs to be much more aggressive in this area.
- Raising awareness in the target registrants is expensive and requires the involvement of industry influencers. The existing sTLD's had a sponsor to champion their TLD to the target market.
Looking at the new crop of new gTLD's, one glaring problem jumps out: many of the TLD's that target an industry vertical or special-interest group are lacking a champion with credibility with the target end-users.
There are way too many TLD applications that are designated as unrestricted and have not identified or enlisted a champion for their targeted vertical or special-interest group. These TLD's will have to spend a lot more energy generating demand without the presence of such a champion.
The smart applicants will spend the next few months building their support and their channel, including:
1. Spending the next few months conducting outreach to key industry influencers, such as trade associations and early pioneers.
2. Finding registrars willing to offer specialized solutions for these special-interest groups. These TLD's are not well served by the mass-market Registrar channel. The smart applicants are already getting commitments from Registrars to support their TLD.
3. Building their mailing list of potential registrants. The awareness raising process should already be underway.
This is no time for applicants to be sitting on the bench. This is true even if the TLD is in contention.
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BUFFALO, Wyo. (AP) -- The retired Johnson County fire chief pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery for breaking the jaw of a fire captain at the annual fire district banquet.
Mark Haines, who pleaded guilty on Feb. 4, was scheduled for sentencing April 1. Circuit Court Judge John Sampson said he scheduled the sentencing late because the victim's medical bills had not yet been determined.
Haines said he and fire Capt. Peter Korsch had an argument at the Jan. 22 banquet when he struck Korsch.
``I didn't think I hit him that hard, but apparently it was hard enough to break his jaw,'' Haines said in court.
County Attorney Chris Wages read a statement from Korsch, who couldn't speak in court because of his broken jaw. The statement said that he considered Haines a friend, and requested that Haines be ordered to attend anger management.
Haines could get up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $750.


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Lovely to see how he is financially benefitting himself by whoring out his pregnancies and babies to the highest magazine bidder. Warms the cockles of my heart.
Pregnant WOMAN is pregnant again. Why is this even newsworthy? Why does the media feed this sad attention-seeker's craving for attention and earning money for doing what billions of other wWOMEN have done before HER?
I fail to see why they need to put man in quotation marks. The 'trans' prefix is a perfectly good alternative to beeing condicending.
And Marcus? Dont be so F.ing rude (not to mention hipocritical, coming for someone who is presumably gay).
Some people are Trans, get over it.
The problem with this case is that this 'man' is pregnant. To engage in an activity which is so UNIQUELY female as giving birth to a child calls into question the whole idea of what 'trans' actually means. My (probably naive and ignorant) understanding was that a trans person emotionally identified themselves with the opposite gender than their birth gender. What I fail to understand with this case is HOW someone who physically and emotionally identifies as a man would wish to get pregnant repeatedly. I think the answer is in the fact that this 'man' is selling every single aspect of his story for cash.
John, I'm not the one being hypocritical .. but you certainly are with your "Dont be so F.ing rude". The fact that I am gay has f*ck all to do with it – and to suggest that it does is banal. The simple fact is that she isn't trans and that the silly woman is still a woman and is gaining notoriety for doing something that only women can do. She is a woman, so get over it.
Has it really not occurred to her that people laugh for no other reason than that she is being a total prat?
If she was mentally ill she would deserve our sympathy and support, but it is plain as day that her motives are purely mercenary.
He is a transman – so he doesn't need to fall into the traditional ideas of men and women as he already transcends that. So being pregnant isn't a denial of his gender identity.
And while I agree that I think the media attention is quite unnecessary, it is only because of the "come look at the freaks!" style of journalism that goes on nowadays. And it should be mentioned that the Beatties originally went to the press during their first pregnancy to highlight the problems they were experiancing from doctors and healthcare professionals when undergoing fertility treatment.
At the end of the day, Thomas and his wife wanted to start a family and due to his wife's inability to have children as a result of surgery, Thomas decided to be their own surrogate, as he has often stated. Many transpeople want to have families, as do many people in general. At least Thomas has allowed himself time to become comfortable with who he is and develop his own sense of self before starting a family – would people prefer that he continued living as a woman first, have babies and then put himself and his children through the long and emotional turmoil of gender reassignment treatment?
The "skeptic quotes" in the headline were gratuitous, and pretty disappointing in a periodical which should be setting an example on this stuff.
Thomas Beattie's wife cannot have a child. They both want to have a child. For the sake of his wife and their children, he has done something foreign to an identity he felt so strongly that he transitioned. And now he's done it twice. In so doing, he has taken it on the chin from cretins like some of the posters here, and others.
If that's not a man stepping out and doing for his family, I don't know what is.
Thomas Beattie, you rock.
Anyone who can't separate gender from biology: keep trying. Some day you'll figure out that what you're doing to trans people is what hetero bigots have done to gay people all along. I hope you'll have the decency at that point to work to make amends. -
The one thing that most commentators fail to address is the "FACT" that childrens welfare is involved. Shame on the media for even acknowledging that this man has done this, as a Transgender women myself I regard that the biggest single sacrifice I made was foregoing the right to have my own children. But for the Media to inflict themselves on these childrens lives in this manner should be a crime. Yes when the children are of age and choose to bare there lives to the media I have little problem with, but while they remain unborn or minors the law should give them the protection they so rightly deserve.
I think what many fail to understand is the financial cost American transsexuals go through. This trans man will need to pay over $75,000 for his re constructive surgery excluding his breast augmentation this is not covered by health insurance. I can see how making money out of this story would seem attractive for him. Many American transsexuals are unable to afford surgery and will in the case of trans women get themselves castrated. And with trans men if they can afford it have breasts removed only. Does the lack of finances exclude them from the true gender they where born with.
It disgusts me that some of you will call this trans man a woman on one hand. Then complain about a rapper who calls you a fa**ot on the other hypocrites or what.
This is a act of love and self sacrifice. The same type of sacrifice lesbians go through using a sperm from a sperm bank. Or a gay couple using a surrogate mother.
With all the discrimination your communities have with reproduction and parenting rights I thought you might understand.
From the view of a trans woman.
I find the fact you put man in "scare quotes" to be so ridiculous I can't even find words to complain.
What the heck? It's man, not "man", if they identify as FTM transgender/transsexual/whichever.
'a trannies allright as long as they stay a GOOD trannie and don't do anything that makes me question my ideas of Gender.'
I bet you say that to all the Queers.
Why is the word man in quotation marks?? HE IS LEGALLY A MALE, EVEN IF NOBODY AGREES WITH IT. And just because they are trans, that doesnt mean that he cant have a baby. He's hurting nobody and Im sure their children will be raised with love and affection, which is more than can be said for some poor children on this earth.
ps. Its LGBT for a reason, T = TRANSGENDER, so everyone thats gay, stop discriminating against people in your own community!! Hypocrites.
To Diana Taylor – you say that the media should be ashamed of their behaviour with regards to this family. Why should they? This couple contacted the media to sell their story for cash and have continued to do so ever since. They obviously have zero regard for the privacy of their infant or unborn kids so they must accept total blame for their own treatment at the hands of the press. The press didn't 'expose' their story. They have simply been whoring their own story out. Which is utterly vile behaviour regardless of how they identify.
Amie .. I can assure you that this freak of a woman isn't a part of any community that I am a part f. Bring back the days of LGB and let the T bugger off and do their own thing.
Amie: Screaming gibberish nonsense about discrimination (when there isn't any discrimination .. just a mercenary jerk who want the best of both worlds, but wont make a commitment to either) in order to divert attention from Thomas' rank hypocrisy, really doesn't do your case any favours.
Abi Chrisopher: Show me a single person commenting here who has complained about the rapper.
Grace Annam: If you seriously think that this has anything to do with inability to separate gender from biology, then you have seriously lost the plot. If there is bogorty at work here, then it is all coming from the trans community as opposed to the GLB community.
Finn – I assume because you are on this website that you are gay/a lesbian or bisexual. How can you so easily discriminate against someone in your own community?! Whether anyone likes it or not, its LGBT. People who are trans are NOT freaks, they are normal people who are trying to find their way in the world, and who have unfortunately been born into the wrong body. So before you get on your LGB high horse, try and remember that trans people suffer the same discrimination that gay/lesbian people do. But Im sure they didnt expect to suffer it from people in the gay community.
Marcus – It is discrimination when people call him a freak. And how does he want the best of both worlds? By wanting a child? As he said, thats a human desire, not just female or male desire. That child will be loved and adored by him and his wife, which is much more than can be said for many young children in this world today – just look at todays newspapers as evidence of that!
hey fin:
you've got the same name as a transman i know.
I bet that makes you sick.
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03-07-2012, 01:39 AMi thought that the pecking order, for lack of a better term, was that nearest matches would be placed first, and when you run out of near matches, then you start considering alternatives? If that were the case, then as I understand the statistics, blacks would never adopt or foster white children, because you would always run out of white children while there were still white adoptive or foster parents left over?
I should also think that if it became common knowledge that white children were being placed with blacks, it would slow the complaint driven side of intervention in white families. I have no specific knowledge of the DCF business, but I would guess that a larger percentage of DCF interventions in white families are complaint driven, as opposed to the police referring a large percentage of the blacks. AM I wrong?
The real crux of this story is that blacks are more racist than whites are. Hell, blacks don't even like their own. If you're light skinned, you're a near pariah.
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Human postprandial gastric emptying of 1-3-millimeter spheres. | |
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Microspheres of pancreatin should empty from the stomachs of patients with pancreatic insufficiency as fast as food. The present study was undertaken in 26 healthy subjects to identify the size of spheres that would empty from the stomach with food and to determine whether different meals alter this size. Spheres of predefined sizes were labeled with 113mIn or 99mTc. Using a gamma-camera, we studied the concurrent gastric emptying of spheres labeled with 113mIn and of chicken liver labeled with 99mTc in 100-g, 154-kcal or 420-g, 919-kcal meals, or the concurrent emptying of 1-mm vs. larger spheres. One-millimeter spheres emptied consistently (p less than 0.01, paired t-test) faster than 2.4- or 3.2-mm spheres when ingested together with either the 420- or 100-g meals. Thus, in the 1-3-mm range of diameters, sphere size was a more important determinant of sphere emptying than meal size. Statistical analyses indicated that spheres 1.4 +/- 0.3 mm in diameter with a density of 1 empty at the same rate as 99mTc-liver. Our data indicate some commercially marketed microspheres of pancreatin will empty too slowly to be effective in digestion of food. |
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Runtime: 99 minutes
Year: 2006
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The feature debut of the husband and wife directing team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris features one of the most eccentric (and dysfunctional) families to ever dare embark on a road trip together. Seven-year-old Olive (Abigail Breslin) is thrilled to discover that she qualifies as a participant in the "Little Miss Sunshine" beauty contest, prompting her mother (Toni Collette), her father (Greg Kinnear), her gay suicidal uncle (Steve Carell), her melancholy stepbrother (Paul Dano) and her mischievous, heroin-addicted grandfather (Alan Arkin) to pile into their broken-down van and make the 800-mile journey from Albuquerque, NM to Redondo Beach, CA, a disaster-filled odyssey that makes each family member realize that they, well, kind of all need each other. Alan Arkin won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance, though even he is upstaged by the true star of the show: the clan's yellow Volkswagen T2 Microbus that really has no business going eight feet, much less 800 miles. Michael Arndt, who had to quit his job as Matthew Broderick's assistant to write the script, also received an Academy Award for his original screenplay. – IFC Staff


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Eric Marienthal
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Background information | |
Born | December 13, 1957 |
Origin | Sacramento, California, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
Instruments | Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo |
Years active | 1987–present |
Labels | GRP, PolyGram, Peak |
Associated acts | Chick Corea Elektric Band, The Rippingtons, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Jeff Lorber Fusion |
Website | Official website |
Eric Marienthal (born December 13, 1957[1]) is a Grammy Award-winning[2] Los Angeles-based contemporary saxophonist best known for his work in the jazz, jazz fusion, smooth jazz, and pop genres.
Early life and career[edit]
Eric Marienthal was born on December 13, 1957 in Sacramento, California to Robert Marienthal, an insurance salesman, but moved to San Mateo when he was two years old.[3] He has credited his enthusiasm for music on being taught music while in school, and picked up the saxophone in the fourth grade after he thought it looked "pretty cool". Marienthal has also mentioned his father was a fan of music, particularly 1940s and 1950s such as Boots Randolph, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra.[4] He initially wanted to pick up the trumpet but a teacher discouraged him because of his braces. As Marienthal progressed, his father bought him a $400 Selmer saxophone and enrolled him in Corona Del Mar High School.[3] Throughout his education, Marienthal also learned to play guitar (in grade school), flute, clarinet (both high school) and piano (college).[4]
After graduating from high school in Southern California in 1976, he studied at the Berklee College of Music,[5] where he studied with the saxophone professor, Joe Viola.[4] By the time he left Berklee, Eric had achieved the highest proficiency rating given by the school.[6] In 1995 Eric was awarded the Berklee Distinguished Alumnus Award for outstanding achievements in contemporary music. He has since gone on to perform in over 65 different countries, recorded 13 solo CDs and has played on hundreds of records, films, television shows and commercial jingles.[citation needed]
Marienthal started his professional career in 1980 with famed New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt.[1] After returning to Los Angeles, Eric became a member of the Chick Corea Elektric Band.[1] Marienthal has stated that he was a Chick Corea fan even before he started performing with him.[3] He recorded 6 CDs with that band and 2 of those CDs were Grammy award winners.
Six of the songs that Marienthal has recorded have made it to the top 10 of the National Contemporary Jazz Radio Charts and two have made it to No. 1. His "Oasis" CD hit the top 5 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart. Shortly after that, he was voted one of the year's "Favorite Alto Sax Players" in Jazziz Magazine's Reader's Poll along with David Sanborn and Phil Woods.[citation needed]
Marienthal has also written 3 instructional books, "Comprehensive Jazz Studies & Exercises", "The Ultimate Jazz Play Along" and "The Music Of Eric Marienthal" as well as 3 instructional videos, "Play Sax From Day One", "Modern Sax" and "Tricks of the Trade", all published by Warner Brothers Publications, which is now Alfred Publishing/Belwin Jazz. Every summer since 1999, he has put on an annual fundraising concert for High Hopes Head Injury Program, a non-profit organization in Orange County, California that works with people who have suffered traumatic head injuries.[7][8]
Marienthal currently occupies the lead alto chair of Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band,[2] playing alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, and piccolo. Marienthal is married to his wife of thirty years, Lee Ann; the couple have two children.[3]
Marienthal released in 2012 album It's Love. Album was produced by guitarist Chuck Loeb, who also appears on the tracks. Also in this studio band are Yellowjackets' keyboardist Russell Ferrante, drummer Gary Novak, and bassist Tim Lefebvre.[citation needed]
-Selmer Mark VI Alto Saxophone with a Beechler Metal No. 7 mouthpiece and 'Rico H' ligature
-Yamaha Custom Z Alto Saxophone with a Beechler Metal No. 7 mouthpiece and 'Olegature' ligature
[4] -Selmer Mark VI Tenor Saxophone with a Berg Larsen Metal 100/2 mouthpiece and Brancher ligature
-Yamaha YSS 62 Soprano Saxophone with a Selmer Super Session #H mouthpiece and Harrison ligature
[4] -Muramatsu Flute
-Vandoren traditional 2.5 reeds[9]
Studio albums:
- It's Love, 2012 – Peak Records/Ent. One Music
- Just Around the Corner, 2007 – Peak Records
- Got You Covered, 2005 – Peak Records
- Sweet Talk, 2003 – Peak Records
- Turn Up the Heat, 2001 – Peak Records
- Walk Tall, 1998 – Verve/i.e.Music
- Easy Street, 1997 – PolyGram/Verve/i.e.Music
- Street Dance, 1994 – GRP Records
- One Touch, 1993 – GRP Records
- Oasis, 1991 – GRP Records
- Crossroads, 1990 – GRP Records
- Round Trip, 1989 – GRP Records
- Voices of the Heart, 1988 – GRP Records
Compilation albums:
- Collection, 1997 – GRP Records
- ^ a b c Yanow, Scott. "Eric Marienthal bio at". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
- ^ a b Russell, Stefene (2013-02-13). "Grammy Award-Winning Sax Player Eric Marienthal Headlines Friday's Autumn Hill Jazz Festival at the Sheldon". stlmag.com. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
- ^ a b c d Sauro, Tony (2013-12-09). "Jazz man lets the music do talking". recordnet.com. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
- ^ a b c d e Richmond, Kim (September–October 1996). "Eric Marienthal" (PDF). dornpub.com. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
- ^ "Press release". Berklee.edu. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
- ^ "Biography". ericmarienthal.com. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
- ^ Kohlhaase, Bill (1999-06-29). "Key of Gee". latimes.com. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ Georges, Steve (2013-08-28). "Eye on O.C.: Jazzman jams with his friends and High Hopes benefits from the camaraderie". ocregister.com. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "Eric's Equipment". ericmarienthal.com. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
External links[edit]
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Washington: Big hitter in the Husky secondary ... also a valued member of Washington's special teams ... teams with Hakim Akbar as returning starting safeties ... played free safety in 1999, but moves back to strong safety for his senior campaign.
2000: Started at free safety in the Huskies first eight games, extending a streak of 20 consecutive starts dating back to last season … was in the top three in tackles in seven of those games … earned co-defensive MVP honors for one-sack, six-tackle performance at Colorado … one of four players to share defensive MVP honors in Huskies 36-24 comeback win over California … pulled down a third MVP award for performance at Stanford, finishing second on the team in tackles with nine, in just three quarters … at the time of his injury, ranked 18th in the Pac-10 min tackles … credited with three passes defensed … key component of an improved Husky secondary that grounded opposing quarterbacks … in six of Williams' eight games, Husky opponents threw for less than 215 yards … had two sacks on the season … tight coverage helped Washington rank in the top half of the Pac-10 in sacks, a year after finishing last in that category.
1999: Finally found a home at free safety after playing several different positions (including tailback) earlier in his career...started all 11 regular-season games at free safety...one of just four defensive players to start all 11 games this year...tied for second on the team with 69 total tackles...led the Husky defense with 48 solo tackles...credited with breaking up four passes during the season...top tackling game was 13 stops vs. UCLA...picked up his first career sack vs. California...recorded his first career interception vs. Arizona State...had five tackles vs. Kansas State in the Holiday Bowl ... an honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection...named the KOMO-Radio Co-Outstanding Special Teams Player of the Year...presented the Chuck Niemi Big Hit Award at the annual team banquet.
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High School and Personal: Born May 4, 1978 ... parents are Donnie and Viola ... both are retired ... is seventh of eight children ... six older siblings are David, Donna, James, Pat, Robert, and William ... younger brother is Paul ... rated as one of the top five running backs in Western U.S. by Blue Chip Illustrated ... prep All-America selection by Blue Chip Illustrated ... received four votes in the Long Beach Press Telegram's "Best in the West" poll ... selected to the Tacoma News Tribune's "Western 100" team and All-State squad ... named to the all-California team by Cal-Hi Magazine ... scored 31 touchdowns as a senior to raise his prep total to 72, the second-best mark in sectional history ... had 11 rushing TDs of at least 50 yards ... rushed for over 1,400 yards as a senior ... totaled over 2,100 all-purpose yards as a running back and receiver during his senior season ... league MVP as a senior ... picked up all-state honors for his play at defensive back as a sophomore and junior, and at all-around athlete as a senior ... was a first-team all-conference pick as a sophomore at Coalinga High School ... a member of SuperPrep's All-Far West team ... pursuing a degree in American ethnic studies.
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1998 | 5-0 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
1999 | 11-11 | 48 | 21 | 69 | 2-9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1-0 | 1-7 |
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(1) In General. An officer or other person making an arrest shalltakecause the arrested personwithout unnecessary delayto appear before the nearest available magistrate without unnecessary delay. The arrested person may appear before the magistrate either in person or through interactive audio-visual transmission in the discretion of the magistrate. If an arrest is made without a warrant, the magistrate shall promptly determine whether probable cause exists under Rule 4(a). If probable cause exists to believethatthe arrested person has committed a criminal offense, a complaint must be filed forthwith in the county where the offense was allegedly committed. A copy of the complaint must be given within a reasonable time to the arrested person and to any magistrate before whomhethe person is brought, if other than the magistrate with whom the complaint is filed.
(2) Interactive Audio-Visual Transmission. Any initial appearance conducted by interactive audio-visual transmission must:
(A) permit the defendant and the judge to see each other simultaneously and to converse with each other;
(B) permit the defendant and counsel, if any, to be present in the same location and to communicate privately; and
(C) permit the public to see and hear the proceeding from the courtroom.
(b) Statement by the Magistrate at the Initial Appearance.
(1) In All Cases. The magistrate shall inform the defendant:
(i)(A)Ofof the charge against the defendant and any accompanying affidavit;
(ii)(B)Ofof the defendant's right to remain silent; that any statement made by the defendant may later be used against the defendant;
(iii)(C)Ofof the defendant's right to the assistance of counsel before making any statement or answering any questions;
(iv)(D)Ofof the defendant's right to be represented by counsel at each and every stage of the proceedings;
(v)(E)Thatthat if the offense charged is one for which court-appointed counsel is required, the defendant has the right to have legal services provided at public expense to the extentthatthe defendant is unable to pay for the defendant's own defense without undue hardship; and
(vi)(F)Thatthat the defendant has the right to be admitted to bailpursuant tounder the provisions of Rule 46.
(2) Felonies. If the offense charged is a felony, the magistrate shall inform the defendant also of the defendant's right to a preliminary examination, and the right to the assistance of counsel at the preliminary examination.
(3) Misdemeanors. If the offense charged is a misdemeanor, the magistrate shall inform the defendant also of the defendant's right to trial by jury in all cases as provided by law, and of the defendant's right to appear and defend in person or by counsel.
(c) Right to Preliminary Examination.
(1) Waiver. If the offense charged is a felony, the defendant has the right to a preliminary examination. The defendant may waive the right to preliminary examination at the initial appearance if assisted by counsel. If the defendant does not waive preliminary examination, the defendant may not be called upon to plead to a felony offense at the initial appearance. If the defendant is assisted by counsel and waives preliminary examination, and the magistrate is a judge of the district court, the defendant may be permitted to plead to the offense charged in the complaint at the initial appearance. If the defendant waives preliminary examination and does not plead at the initial appearance, an arraignment must be scheduled. The magistrate shall admit the defendant to bailpursuant tounder the provisions of Rule 46.
(2) Non-waiver. If the defendant does not waive preliminary examination, a magistrate of the county in which the offense was allegedly committed shall conduct the preliminary examination. The magistrate shall admit the defendant to bailpursuant tounder the provisions of Rule 46.
Rule 5 was amended, effective March 1, 1990, January 1, 1995, and ______________________.
Rule 5 is adapted from the proposed amendment to Rule 5, FRCrimP [48 F.R.D. 580, January, 1970].Rule 5 is procedurally designed to advise the defendant of the charge against the defendant and to inform the defendant of the defendant's rights. This procedure differs from the arraignment [see Rule 10, NDRCrimP] in that the defendant is not called upon to plead.
Subdivision (a) providesthatan arrested person must be taken before the magistrate "without unnecessary delay". Unnecessary delay in bringing a person before a magistrate is one factor in the totality of circumstances to be considered in determining whether incriminating evidence obtained from the accused was given voluntarily. State v. Newnam, 409 N.W.2d 79, 85 (N.D. 1987).
Subdivision (a) was amended, effective January 1, 1995, to clarifythata "prompt" judicial determination of probable cause is required in warrantless arrest cases. See Gerstein v. Pugh, 420 U.S. 103, 43 L.Ed.2d 54, 95 S.Ct. 854 (1975). County of Riverside v. McLaughlin, 500 U.S. 1, 111 S.Ct. 1661, 114 L.Ed.2d 49 (1991) defines "prompt."
Subdivision (a) was amended, effective ___________________ to provide for initial appearances through interactive audio-visual transmission.
Subdivision (b) is designed to carry into effect the holding of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694, 10 A.L.R.3d 974, rehearing denied sub nom., California v. Stewart, 385 U.S. 890, 87 S.Ct. 11, 17 L.Ed.2d 121 (1966). Because the Miranda rule is constitutionally based, it applies to all officers whether State or Federal. One should note,thatthe protections required by Miranda apply as soon as a person "has been taken into custody or otherwise deprived of his freedom of action in any significant way", while the requirement that an accused be taken before a magistrate is applicable only to an "arrested person". The Miranda decision is based upon the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, and holdsthatno statement obtained by interrogation of a person in custody is admissible, unless, before the interrogation begins, the accused has been effectively warned of the accused's rights, including the right not to answer questions and the right to have counsel present.[See Wright, Federal Practice and Procedure: Criminal § 76-77 (1982).]
Subdivision (b) specifies the action which must be taken by the magistrate. Subsections (b)(1)(i)(A), (b)(1)(ii)(B), and (b)(1)(iii)(C) are stated by Miranda to be absolute prerequisites to interrogation and cannot be dispensed with on even the strongest showingthatthe person in custody was aware of those rights. [See Miranda v. Arizona, supra, 384 U.S. at 468-472.]
Subsection (b)(2) provides an additional requirement to the instructions given by the magistrate in Subsection (b)(1) when the charge is a felony. It requires the magistrate to inform the defendant of the right to a preliminary examination. The Sixth Amendment right to counsel applies to a preliminary examination granted under state law if the preliminary examination is a critical stage of the state's criminal process. Coleman v. Alabama, 339 U.S. 1, 90 S.Ct. 1999, 26 L.Ed.2d 387 (1970); State v. Iverson, 187 N.W.2d 1, 34 (N.D. 1971).
Subdivisions (b) and (c) were amended, effective March 1, 1990. The amendments track the 1987 Federal amendments to Rule 5 which are technical in nature and no substantive change is intended.
Subdivision (c) was amended, effective January 1, 1995, in response to elimination of county courts and to ensure that a defendant is not called upon to waive the preliminary examination or to plead without the assistance of counsel at the initial appearance.
SOURCES: Minutes of the Rules Committee Meetings of _______________________; January 27-28, 1994, pages 3-5; September 23-24, 1993, pages 4-7; April 20, 1989, page 4; December 3, 1987, page 15; February 22-23, 1973, page 18; March 23-24, 1972, pages 2-3, 11-12; January 27, 1972, pages 17-22; November 21-22, 1969, pages 2, 8-9, 17-19; May 3-4, 1968, pages 1-2; January 26-27, 1968, pages 7-9; Rule 5, FRCrimP.
CROSS REFERENCES: Rule 5.1.-Preliminary Examination, NDRCrimP; Rule 35.-Correction or Reduction of Sentence, NDRCrimP; Rule 44.-Right to and Assignment of Counsel, NDRCrimP.


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Clostridium botulinum is a group of bacteria best known as the main source of botulinum neurotoxin, the cause of botulism in humans. There are several types of botulism. Foodborne botulism is caused by consumption of pre-formed toxin, whereas infant/intestinal (adult) botulism and wound botulism are infections involving toxin formation in situ.
The symptoms of botulism are primarily neurological and frequently begin with blurred vision, continuing to a descending bilateral flaccid paralysis, and in severe cases a flaccid paralysis of the respiratory or cardiac muscles. In many countries, equine antitoxin is administered to adults suffering from botulism, although in severe cases full recovery may take months or even years. The fatality rate is approximately 5 to 10% of cases. The economic and medical costs associated with foodborne botulism are extremely high.
Clostridium botulinum is defined solely on the basis of an ability to form botulinum neurotoxin, rather than on phylogenetic relationships. This approach is taken in order to emphasize the importance of neurotoxin formation. As a consequence, however, C. botulinum is a heterogeneous "species" that actually comprises four phylogenetically and physiologically distinct clades, known as C. botulinum Groups I to IV, with the distinction among the groups strong enough to merit treatment as four different species. Proteolytic C. botulinum (C. botulinum Group I) and non-proteolytic C. botulinum (C. botulinum Group II) are responsible for most cases of foodborne botulism.
(Peck et al. 2011 and references therein)
Based on research begun in the 1980s, botulinum toxin has been found useful in an expanding list of medical applications that require the blocking of involuntary muscle contractions, including eyelid twitching and other neurological problems. In the late 1980s, it was found that injection of botulinum toxin had cosmetic dermatological applications (wrinkle reduction) as well. Botulinum toxin entered the cultural mainstream in the United States in the formulation known as Botox®, establishing a new and highly profitable market for a product once known only as the cause of death for unfortunate individuals consuming improperly prepared sausages. (Kopera 2011)
More information on botulism is available from the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Kopera, D. 2011. Botulinum toxin historical aspects: from food poisoning to pharmaceutical. International Journal of Dermatology 50: 976-980.
- Peck, M.W., S.C. Stringer, and A.T. Carter. 2011. Clostridium botulinum in the post-genomic era. Food Microbiology 28: 183-191.
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With his mostly hands-off style, Guillermo del Toro's credits as a producer are mounting up to an impressive cv: Splice, Biutiful, The Orphanage (with which this shares a lead, Belén Rueda). A woman, rapidly losing her sight to a congenital illness, investigates the suspicious "suicide" of her already blind identical twin sister.
- Julia's Eyes (Los Ojos de Julia)
- Production year: 2010
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- Cert (UK): 15
- Runtime: 112 mins
- Directors: Guillem Morales
- Cast: Belen Rueda, Francesc Orella, Lluis Homar, Pablo Derqui
It's closer in spirit and execution to an early film from Hitchcock acolytes Brian de Palma and Dario Argento than it is like anything from the master himself. While it's a little overlong and slightly flabby in places, it plays mostly fair so when a few of the more ludicrous twists arrive in the second half, there's enough goodwill generated by the thoughtful, creepy and effective setup to carry things through to the end.


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http://www.tripadvisor Also, you may want to look into VRBO or something similar. A ton of great condos near the ocean can be had relatively cheap. If you aren't a vegan/tarian I recommend a pig roast as well. http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature...rk-highway Driving in PR will be quite an eye opener. Everything is very compact and parking pretty much anywhere can be a pain. |
We just stayed at the Sandy Beach Hotel in Condado and it was very close -- one building away -- from a nice beach. It was under $100/night -- free wi-fi and free continental breakfast. I also stayed at the building in front of it (the one that blocks the view from Sandy Beach) -- I rented a beachfront efficiency apartment for $500 for the week about 4 or 5 years ago on VRBO. It is a nice neighborhood with lots going on. The beach is shared with the Marriott Hotel & Casino.
For cheap things to do -- definitely go to Old San Juan. The national historic site is neat. They had a kite festival on the lawn outside when we were there and a re-enactment of firing a cannon when we were there in March. El Yunque is the rainforest and you can drive through there if you are renting a car. We went on a tour with Fine Line Tours for $55 each and we thought it was well worth it. We enjoyed driving around and went to Ponce and to Rincon to watch the surfers. Last edited by thumper1; 04-13-2014 at 02:02 PM.. Reason: Add to the post |
Here is the set of pictures [flickr.com]I took when I visited San Juan last January.
Old San Juan historical sites are cool to walk around and look at. There are some sketchy areas, so stick to the main traffic areas and you will be fine.
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1.rent a car. cheaper to get around long run 2.bio-bay $45-55 3. historic site. museum is cheap less $15/pp 4. if adventurous do zipline/rappling tour $150-200/pp- lifetime experience 5. culebra beach - top 10 beaches in world (don't try buying tickets from ticket booth ferry. you've been warned. read trip advisor reviews.)-if you make it. snorkeling $10-20 gear/$50 tour. scooter rental $50. scuba diving- $varies 6. El Y Rainforest. You can drive to the top. free parking vs midway. fee for people dont know. 7. use Yelp for restaurants around san juan/old san juan. Parking in parking lot is was cheaper than expected $5-10/day 8. agree with VRBO vs hotel fees (parking & misc.) added another $300 to booking price |
I am going to be at PR from July 1st to 4th and I am looking to rent a car. I want to know what is considered a good price for car rental there. Did you use any codes? Thanks for your help Taty
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El Yunque and the bioluminescence bay are absolutely worth seeing. Keep in mind that if it's a full moon during your stay the Biobay is less impressive (but still a great trip).
Coffee plantations on the south side are interesting too, and the Lechon (pork ) trail (http://www.tripadvisor |
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I just came back from Puerto Rico and I would highly recomment going to Arecibo and see "La Cueva del Indio"
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"This argument requires extensive explication of several works, and Young provides compelling evidence through a movement between literary interpretation and political signification. She argues that the recognition of the toll of oppression on one black body can allow that pain to be read as pain suffered by black bodies collectively around the globe. Once this kind of interpolation is done, the mourning of the loss of homeland and identity can proceed and give way to the formation of a more effective understanding of diasporic community and all of its related identities. This is a complex text that carries an important idea."—Multicultural Review
An exciting combination of literary studies, diaspora studies, and trauma studies.
In Haunting Capital, Hershini Young sets out to re-theorize the African diaspora "so that the concept becomes unintelligible without an understanding of gender as a constitutive element." Young uses the historically injured bodies of black women, as represented in novels by black women, to talk about colonialism, gender, race, memory and haunting. Haunting Capital departs from traditional trauma studies, which stress individual wounding and psychotherapeutic models. Instead, Young explores the notion of injury as a collective wounding, resulting from the trauma of capitalistic regimes such as slavery and colonialism. She also introduces the idea of the ghost to her discussion of collective injury, where it functions not only on theoretical and metaphorical levels, but also by invoking African cosmologies in which ghosts are ancestral beings with a real spiritual presence. More specifically, Young insists on the contemporary reality of African nations and eschews the presentation of Africa as a vague, undifferentiated point of origin that characterizes many other studies of the African diaspora. Her reading of African contemporary novels by women, alongside African American and Caribbean novels, works to show the African diaspora as haunted by similar, though different, issues of gendered and racialized violence.
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"Haunting Capital is a poetic, sensuous, highly original meditation on the black female body as text, as living text "embedded in the dense structures of memory". Hershini Young is forwarding a new, expansive canon of black literature here; one that decenters prevailing Western desires for a more comfortable, comforting blackness, wherein only U.S.-based black writers/artists have been chosen to define what is, or can be considered, canonical.The result is a provocative exploration of the myriad, variegated ways in which the triangulated realities of "bodymindsoul" were historically and continue to be inextricably linked for black women of the African diaspora."
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The Effects of Business-to-Business E-Commerce on Transaction CostsLuis GaricanoUniversity of Chicago - Booth School of Business - Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Steven N. KaplanUniversity of Chicago - Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) July 2001 Abstract: This paper studies transaction costs changes arising from the introduction of the Internet in transactions between firms. We divide transaction costs into coordination costs and motivation costs. We classify coordination efficiencies into three categories: process improvements, marketplace benefits, and indirect improvements. For motivation costs, we focus on informational asymmetries. We apply this framework to internal data from an Internet-based firm to measure process improvements, marketplace benefits, and motivation costs. Our results suggest potentially large process improvements and marketplace benefits. We find little evidence that informational asymmetries are more important in the electronic marketplace than in the existing physical ones. Number of Pages in PDF File: 28 JEL Classification: D2, D4, L1 Date posted: December 10, 2000Suggested CitationContact Information
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